Praise the Lord! I've been checking this thing for 24 hrs straight to see if its cancer! And YYYYEEEAAAAHHHHH! Its NOT!

Wonderful pic of Noah. He looks almost as happy as I feel. What's so weird is that I guess I've been living vicariously through your mom's test results, since I lost my own mom. So this is awesome, I think I'll have a chocolate sundae to celebrate. Then I'll get counseling because how in the world am I this caught up in the private life of a woman I wouldn't recognize if she bit me on the nose!

re: the Lamaze Toys vs. the Cheap toys - yes, indeed - the most expensive toys are the ones that the PARENTS are attracted to. Don't get me started on the Haba toys which I just adore. Of course, any company that sells wooden parsnips and chocolate croissants MUST be overpriced. Anyway, my kid loves his plastic keys, too.

Came here for the first time today from blackbelt mamma. My mom and I just went through the same thing.....hers was NOT. CANCER. Either. YAY! So I know the feeling of staring at the phone and now the feeling of relief YAY for both of us and our moms!

Woohoo! Maybe the good news bandwagon will keep on rollin' westward and my doctor will inform me that that lumpy-looking texture gradually spreading all over my outer thighs is really just Silly Putty! No? Nothing? Sigh...

I lost my father to cancer a few years ago, and knowing what I went through, you better believe I was praying for you. I'm so glad to hear that it wasn't cancer, and I'm so happy for you and your family.

My mom's sister just had a lumpectomy yesterday and is awaiting biopsy results on the nearby lymph nodes to see if it spread. I fear, but try to believe that everything will be FINE. Share the good vibes if you have some to spare.